Relative efficiency and productivity: A preliminary exploration of public hospitals in Beijing, China

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Hao ^a,b   Dong, Siping ^a,c   Liu, Tingfang ^d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Performance evaluation; Public hospital; Scale efficiency; Technical efficiency; Technological change; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

CHINA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL;

EID: 84899585752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-158     Document Type: Article

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